EML Students Present at Conference

Four EML students presented their research at CPP's 9th Annual Student Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities (RSCA) Conference on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Congratulations, students, and faculty mentors!

• Louie Galvan "Coloring Outside the Lines of Racial Injustice," mentored by Dr. Donald Kraemer
• Giselle Gradilla "Class Conflict in Parasite," mentored by Dr. Kate Ozment
• Jezzabella Jimenez "Language and Identity," mentored by Dr. Alyssa Kermad
• Aliann Safavi "The Prosody of Speech Acts for Native and Non-Native English Speakers," mentored by Dr. Alyssa Kermad

More information about RSCA, including how to participate in future conferences, is on the RSCA website.

Giselle Gradilla Awarded Exemplary Oral Presentation

Ten of the 175 student projects at RSCA were recognized as exemplary by a panel of judges in their sessions. Undergraduate English major Giselle Gradilla was the only awardee in the Humanities and Letters category. In addition to the award, Gradilla was nominated to represent Cal Poly Pomona at the 35th Annual CSU Systemwide Student Research Competition, which will be hosted virtually by Cal Poly Pomona from April 30–May 1, 2021